Word Origin & History

Caesar c.1200, see caesarian; O.E. had casere, which would have yielded modern *coser, but it was replaced in M.E. by keiser, from Norse or Low Ger., and later in M.E. by the French or Latin form of the name. Cæsar was used as a title of emperors down to Hadrian (138 C.E.), and also is the root of Ger. Kaiser and Rus. tsar (see czar). He competes as progenitor of words for "king" with Charlemagne (L. Carolus), as in Lithuanian karalius, Polish krol, Hungarian kiraly. In U.S. slang c.1900, a sheriff was Great Seizer.

Example Sentences for caesar

Caesar's desire was to rid you of adversaries even against your will.

For the young man had already a great party of the soldiers of Caesar about him.

But he got no further, for Caesar sprang to his feet, and desired to hear more of this.

In the meantime the wars in Gaul lifted Caesar to the first sphere of greatness.

The politicians were watching the growing conflict between Caesar and Pompeius.

He was afraid that Caesar, who was a descendant of Venus, would be aggrandized at his expense.

She was as dead as Caesar, poor wench, and as cold as a church, with bits of ribbon sticking in her hair.

The slaves he dismissed, bidding them go to Caesar, and fear nothing.

Caesar rolled his eyes and opened his mouth with astonishment when he saw me.

As for Caesar, he arrived not long after in Egypt, which he found in great disorder.